Comparison

Orbits vs PlanDay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Orbits

This family assistant helps manage household tasks, from calendars and lists to meal planning and home upkeep. It syncs with your existing apps and learns your routines to proactively handle chores, reducing the mental load on your family.

Highlights
  • Family task management
  • Calendar and list syncing
  • Proactive routine learning
  • Group chat integration
  • Automated meal planning
  • Home maintenance reminders
  • AI-powered suggestions
Features
Read full description

Stop being the only one who remembers what needs doing. Orbits is the family assistant that runs your household, both in-app, or from your family group chat — calendars, lists, reminders, meal planning, scheduling and more — so nothing falls through the cracks. • Works with the apps you already use — Two-way sync with your favorite apps like Gmail, Outlook, Apple Calendar and more. • Proactive, not reactive — Orbits notices patterns on its own. It learns your grocery list, your meal prep cadence, your weekly routines, and starts suggesting or doing things before you ask. • The family group chat, wrangled — Bit joins you and your family where you communicate best, and actions things that need doing without you even asking. • Built for the whole family — Real shared context, conflict management, and more; Orbits shows everyone what's next; no one needs to be nagged (and if they do, Bit will take care of it!) • Meal planning, without the headaches — Just ask Bit for a list of meals for the week and consider it done. Bit even accounts for leftovers! • Home upkeep on autopilot — Air filters, smoke alarm batteries, oil changes. Orbits remembers the boring stuff so you don't have to (and even calls the technician for you!) • Gets smarter the more you use it — The longer Orbits runs your household, the less you have to think about it. The features described above require an Orbits subscription, available as an in-app purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PlanDay

A straightforward daily planner designed for focused task management. Easily organize your day, week, and month with intuitive swiping and task management features. Enjoy a clean interface with customizable themes and no intrusive ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Day, Week, Month views
  • Task creation and completion
  • Task rescheduling
  • Four customizable themes
  • Instant opening
  • iCloud data syncing
Features
Read full description

PlanDay is a planner for your day, week, and month. Swipe between views to see what's ahead. Add tasks, check them off, move them to another day if plans change. No accounts. No syncing headaches. No overwhelming feature lists. Just a clean, focused space to plan your day, your week, and your month — all in one place. Swipe between Day, Week, and Month views to see your life at every level. Add tasks in seconds. Check them off as you go. Move them forward when plans change. FOUR HANDCRAFTED THEMES • Classic — Clean and minimal, like a fresh notebook • Journal — Warm leather and ruled paper, for the old soul • Trapper Keeper — Bold, loud, and unapologetically '90s • Nature — A calm sunset backdrop for a calmer mind WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Opens instantly — no loading, no login • Swipe between day, week, and month views • Drag tasks to tomorrow when life gets in the way • Your data stays on your device and syncs via iCloud • No ads. No subscriptions. No tricks. PlanDay was built for people who want to do more and manage less. If you've ever abandoned a productivity app because it felt like a second job, this one's for you.

Screenshots

Orbits4 screens
PlanDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlanDay at none against Orbits's 3. Orbits's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orbits sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. PlanDay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlanDay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Orbits's written reviews are positive against 75% of PlanDay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbits ships an update weekly, PlanDay every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Orbits versus PlanDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitsPlanDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (44 ratings)4.8 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44 — better32
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNemusAI, Inc.Sunset Labs, LLC

Customer experience

Orbits

All ratings39 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PlanDay

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Orbits

Subscriptions3
  • Orbits Membership$3.997 Days
  • Orbits Membership3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Orbits Membership7 Days trial$89.991 Year
None

PlanDay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbits free?
Orbits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlanDay free?
PlanDay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbits or PlanDay?
PlanDay is rated higher. Orbits averages 4.6 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while PlanDay averages 4.8 from 32 ratings.
Do Orbits or PlanDay have ads?
Neither Orbits nor PlanDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbits or PlanDay?
Orbits ships an update weekly, and PlanDay every 6 weeks. Most recently, Orbits was updated on November 8, 2026 and PlanDay on November 9, 2026.

Other comparisons